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EL PASO, TEXAS,Tuesday Evening,December 3, 1912 12 PagesTWO SBOTIOXS . TODAY.ASSOCIATED PRESSLeased WireWKATIIKK WOitBCAST.Fair tonight and Wednesday;colder tonight.Jury Acquits Sneed For, Killing the Father of theMan Who Stole His WiFIGHT FOREIGHT OEMTO ACQUITVR5.UAspect pf Things With Juryat Pecos Slakes It LookLike a Hung Jury.TURKS REFUSETO m. UPTUFT SENDSAGR1AN0PLECASE GIVEN TOJURY LAST NIGHTPecos. Texas. Dec 8. At 1:30 thisafternoon, the Jury in the case of Mrs.Agnes Orner, of El Paso, charged withthe murder of her daughter, Lilly, wasi eported to be standing eight to fourlor acquittal- The first ballot Is saidto have been soen to nve tor acquittal This one man has apparently beenxv or over to the sida of thosj ybo arelor acquittal, b the jvry has been cuti. ce before midnight lasi night, nnvther mistrial is lojk-l for.Trial in Completed.The trial of Mrs. Orner closed last aaa --"3- Or sht at It 15. after judge & J. s"" -w-v- -racks had delivered Ms cnarge to tne iProm thp outset the most sen.tional trial that has-ever been heardi Reeves county, the close of thisj"c was of the same character. Theti pillar Drogress of the case was inuirupted Saturday night, after aspeaker had been heard for each side.u purpose of the interruption havingi --n to introduce new testimony.Monday the people of Pecos were'.. en the remarkable sight furnishedi th witness, Mrs. Lucille Archer.nho went on the stana and stated that-h- had not toid all last week, andnat Mrs Orner reallv did confess havr sr killed her daughter. The sole ream p'ven bv Mrs. Archer was that con. ned in her rather dramatic explana-. ..- tn the mrv before leaving themJ The attorneys had finished the ;. a . . .. . t .... .. .9 l a tl 't ( t ana cr'-ras-tiLiiiiiiawuiia, o. i... i used the witness, when she said: "Im to sav this mucn . nere hueinterrupted by the attorneys, andtar that Bhe might say something-a? should not properly go to the Jurycelled the court to ask them to ret -i Mrs. Archer then said: "I wantin sav that the only reason I answered,i ealon last week as J did when he,;kfd me that question, was because I! xri received her note not five mini . s before, in which she asked me toi i otpct her." The lury was then re. A'ed and the statement repeated Invift presence, when Mrs. Archer wasDismissed. . ,,B F Van Horn corroborated Mrs.rc-her"s statement relative to the con-f sion. , ,Mrs. Orner Enters Denial.Mrs. Orner again took the stand ini - own behalf, after the noon hour..- mine anv confession at any time to--. one she explained er referencen .ommitting suicide in toe notesvritten to Mrs. Archer by the sta te-nont that a hung jurv o mean thathe would be kept in jail still longer.and she burst into tears as f f, la-ired- "I uld rather die than do; hat sne xpii.euk. " j T - 1-r but two notes flTMr. Archer. saI Itn.t she had urged that witness "to Jion -thp truth and the whole truth lji-j".io that Van Horn was present on the jcht in question, though she admittedDteS. SITS. KjrilKir noire".th..t someone naa toia ntr n wwat tV house. T I-.it. W V. Luc.iS and Mrs. j - " iTk were put on estand again to' II1U. !. i " " ... y-lthat an Horn nju. " ,"ZZi'"th. m at the wraawtne nuuw ''""" :rc-Ta tne cniias ""-"-, "VCl w: I. m i jt j a - van r nsiiriri ! -th. m had seen Van Horn in uie u.-...-.m where It is !" "Jf w"fsion was made to Mrs. Archer.The Evidence All In.t 41 the state rested and deffino-did likewise. The case was elfsed.,-t; l a short recees was had while Itheing decided whether the caseph.uld be reargued in toto. After some, - u;sion iPwas announced that then tches mde Saturday afternoon, r. not to be considered, and asslstnt district attorney Robert Nelll. or.l ' Paso, opened for the state. Mr.v, '11 spoke for almost an hour, dwell-" more on the new evidence than on-l? other phases of the case, and made- 'irons appeal to the jury. He closed.. h ut 3 30.f--i Owen then opened for the de. ( and made another eogent plea,..- his client. He called .attention est i 11 v to the two stories sworn to by-t principal witness of the morning.n ; pointed out the conflict in testir"u nes of other witnesses. Mr. Owen. d not speak Sat so great a length asr Saturday, but was more than ordir ar 1 eloquent.Judge Ross's Masterly Speech.Vhen he took his seat there was ac-. rra! air of expectancy in the courtmi m for Jas. F. Ross, of counsel forn .ffr,Ce was the next speaker. Theunusual character of the crime, andtn. unexpected break in the case Sati: i . night had combined to draw a-si crowd at the morning session.In the afternoon, however, there weret 11 more people In attendance, andthfre were no seats left vacantJudge Ross, in the opinion of manywho heard him, delivered the most elo. jfnt plea that has ever been heardii th- district court room of this counts He ran the gamut of the emotionsa -1 vi oi ked upon every premise of hisv ,satile and logical mind in the def -ii e of the woman whose cause herepresented. 'Let the verdict be whatIt m. "' said one who had heard thewhole' of the trial, "youll.have to adrrit that the defendant could not have, -.. oMr nr mOK fxOTlFCipntiOUSlVrepresented." and the outnion reflects Jwell the attitude or me au v,tms place.Break In Argument.A discussion with reference to therrments of the record made a break,n the argument and court adjourned" til 7 30 oclock last night, when JudgeIloss resumed his argument. The lnta,gible influence f the night timer, lawyers have r so long recogt ! was also in ihs favor, and hisf 1 -iod of eloquence seemed to help, .,iv to blot out tlit damaging evi,,ence that the state hid been able to8httT5 Will P. Brads, attorney fori tate in the 70th district, made the. jos pg argument Mr. Brady was equalto the occasion and made the strongest.or-d most clean-cut speech of his life.nVs frVends said. Thread by thread aBdFhVd bv shred he took up the circumktarces'of the case and pieced themAether again Careful. forcefuL withr, attempt at brilliance, he coveredTach minute phase of the evidence, and"font a case" that will undoubt,iU stick long in the minds of the-urmen who heard Sim.Jury Gets the Case.Mr Bradv closed a few minutes befo 10 oclock. and judge Isaacks readVU " carefully worded charge to thehu3v which then retired The court."nounced that he would remain inh " building aintil 11 .?rnpe that the jury might bv that timeJ 'atJ? VJS Remained until 11:30. butno word came from the jury room.ORVER WIT-VESSBS RKTURX.Following the closing of the Ornercase at Pecos several El Paso witnessesreturned to El Paso Tuesday morning.Snr,np them Tk ere J. J. Raster. Mrs.Sadie Irwin. Mrs. N B Larock. MriW F Lucase, Mrs. Lucile Archer andMrs A. K. Thomas.Tl VBBI LOSES LIFE IX FIRE.N-v.- York. Pee. 3. -oouis Levy, aJ, v, ish rabbi, lost hie life early today'- -. fire winch swept away an apart-r.i"if house in upper Fifth avenue.j--n . n persons wer injured.Bulgarians Willing tp MakeConcessions, hut GreeceWants Her Spoils,GREEKS AND TURKSMAT CONTINUE WAROBULGARIANS WILL NOTSUPPORT GREECE'S CLAIMS jt& Sofia. Bulgaria, Dec S. Anarmistice Trill be signed todayat Baghtche on the lines ofTchatalja, with or withoutGreece being a party to It, according to information received from authoritative sourceshere. Greece will be left alonein the war with Turkey If shedesires.l-London. Kng.. Dec 3. Adrlanoplewas the obstacle which threatened towreck the parleys between the plenipotentiaries of Turkey and the Balkan allies when they first opened atBaghtche. and Adrlanople appearedagain at the end of the negotiationsas the most serious hindrance to theattainment of an agreement.At the first session the Turks absolutely refused to surrender Adrlanople, but when the Bulgarians finallyyielded to them on this point the Greekdelegates shrank back and demandedtime in which to submit the questionto the government at Athens.Greeks Want Their Spoils.The reason for the Greek's objection to such submission is not far toseek according to diplomats. It ispointed out that it is obvious that ifthe Bulgarians sacrifice the ultimatepossession of Adrianople in the interests of general peace they will expecttheir allies to share their sacrifice andthe only way in which this can bedone is to give Bulgaria compensationin the shape of territory conqueredby the Greeks, Servhins and Montenegrins, and which they staked out forthemselves. Hence the wall fromAthens that any concession to Turkey will '-endanger the fruits of victory gained by the allies above allthose of Greece and Servia."Greece, apparently, fears that in caseTurkey ultimately retains her northernfortresses, Bulgaria will more activelydispute the Hellenic claims to the possession of Salonlki.Sultan Telegraphs King.The firm and unchangeable attitudeof Turkey on the subject of Adrianoplethroughout the BeKtttiations is shownin a telegram ironi-uie smia.n. so-msat-xv WuiHiajw Mn .jijmtr Tinrr Trnmr neis prompted by the most peaceful motivw. he Is unable to renounce Turkey's! hold on Adrianople, which all Ottomansconsider as a Mohammedan sanctuary.Diplomats in all the European coun-tries are anxious to seo tne reai peacenegotiations begun, as they considerthcre wlu then be a better chance ofsettlement of the Austro-si atsnntt- which is still worry-Servian dispute, which is still worry. . ;,. r t?.,omt: liic iirx v rm ja. a-u j wv" A i,. w J.Clrr-r-bm Want J on Inn.In a dispatch from Constantinoplethe correspondent of the Daily Mallsays the delay in effecting an armistice seems to be due to the Greeksdesiring the surrender of Janina tothemselves and Ecutari to the Montenegrins and to their objection to raising the blockade on the AlbaniancoastThe Sofia correspondent of the London Times says:"The Turks would only consent toraise the Turkish blockade on theBlack sea on condition that the Greeksraise the blockade on the Aegean. Itis doubtful whether the Greek government will agree to this.Austrin Forms Three Armies.The Belgrade correspondent of theChronicle gives an outline of the Austrian war plans and says:"Austria is forming three I armies.1 two directed against Russia and oneagainst servia. ine ursi, or iiuriueriiarmy to defend Galicla Is being cencentrated in the fortified triangleformed by Cracow, Tomassew andPrzemysL Around Lemberg and alsothe frontier, entrenchments are beingdug and the vast plain covered withwire entanglements to check the possible advance of Russian cavalry."The second, or eastern army isgathering in Transylvania and Bukcwina. along the Russian frontier. Tnethird, or southern army, will operatepartly from the south of Hungaryagainst Belgrade and Semendia, toforce a passage over the Danube intoMoravia valley and partly from Bosnia and Herzegovina against ttie western Servia frontier and the Sanjak ofNovlpazar."CHINESE GAMBLERSTRAP POLICEMENSan FrancIco Patrolmen Chop Their-Way Ont. After Being ImprisonedIn Gas-filled Chambers.'San Francisco. Calif.. Dec. 3. Chinesegamblers resorted to desperate strategylast night to evade the police, andlured two officers to imprisonment ingas-filled chambers, leaving them toasphyxiate. The fact that each officercarried a small ax saved them, as theysucceeded In chopping holes throughthe walls to obtain air and aid.Corporal Goff, the first victim, waswalking alone, -when an unknownChinese brushed by him and whispered,"Plgow in Siberia club."Without waiting to call his squad,Goff rushed to the club, which waslighted up as usual. He thrust asidethe doorkeeper. As the door swungback he heard bolts click and simultaneously the gas lights went out Trying the other door, he found himselfimprisoned in a narrow hallway sevenfeet long and almost Immediately became aware that gas was rushing fromthe open jets.UTS VIT3H JY710-After 15 minutes furious work with 1his ax, he penetrated the wall and wasrescued nearly overcome.Officer Bailey was trapped similarlyin another club at almost the sametime.SAYS WOMBS AXD RACE HORSESARE CAUSE OF HIS DOWNFALLTrinidad, Colo., Dec 3. Declaringthat his conscience compelled himeither to confess or to commit suicide,W. H. Seed, a Santa Fe railroad telegraph operator, surrendered himself tothe police here, saying that he waswanted at Fernald, O., for the embezzlement of $375 from the Adams Express company and the Chesapeake &Ohio Railroad company.He had been an employe of "the express company 10 years, was a 'prominent Y. M. C. A. worker and sang in achurch choir. He said the attractionsof women and race horses had been thel cause o his downfaU..zsi 'bf'Evidence Showed the SeniorBoyce Planned to HelpGet Sneed 's Wife Again.Fort "Worth, Texas," Dec. 3. J. BealSneed was today found not guilty ofthe murder of captain Al G. Boyce. sr.The demonstration by Sneed and hisattorneys over the verdict was spectacular. AValter Scott and IV. P. McLean,lawyers for the defence, were fined forthrowing their hats over the chandeliersin the court room.Sneed emitted a cowboy yell but thecourt refused to censure him or to finehim.Mrs. Sneed awaited the verdict is adowntown hotel. Sneed telephoned thenews to her.Couple Reconciled.Sneed's relatives denied today thatMrs. Sneed had been closely guardedin her hotel here."She has been tree to coma and goas she wished," they; saJft. '-"She isha&KV .oser tl. the. -ajJatattptbiaitfu-loves. - . - -. . . jr - 'ner nusDera- and her eaHistory of the Cose.John Beal Sneed killed capt A. G.Boyce in a hotel in Fort Worth Jan.13, 1912, shortly after the elopementof Sneed's wife with Al. Boyce g Canada. Sneed had trailed the couple toCanada and had succeeded in bringinghis wife back to Texas and incarcerating her in a sanitarium, where she hadbeen when she eloped with youngj Boyce. Sneed. it was brought out at theI trial just concluded, had received information mat tne elder Boyce was trying to aid the woman in escaping fromthe sanitarium to rejoin young Boyce,who was still in Canada. Sneed killedthe senior Boyce in a Ft. Worth hoteland stood trial for the offence, but theJury failed to agree the first time.Later only a couple of months agoafter the return of young Boyce fromCanada to Amarillo, Sneed waylaid himin tne streets oi Amarillo ana Killedhim also. It was brought out at thepureliminary hearing for bond forSneed, that young Boyce had beenagain communicating with Mrs. Sneedin the sanitarium, in an effort to gether out of the place. Sneed has yetto stand trial at Amarillo for the killing of young Boyce.Both Families "Wealthy.The Sneed and Boyce families areamong the most prominent cattle families in the Panhandle and had alwaysbeen friends. Both Sneed and Al. Boycewere suitors for the hand of Mrs. Sneedmany years ago. Boyce renewed his suitunci onccu iiuu wiie xieiu uwn iiiitxiicu ,several Tears and the wife finallv con- !fessed to Sneed that she loted Boyce.Sneed had her confined in a sanitariumand it was from there- that she escapedand went to Canada with young Boyce.The families Involved in the two tragedies are wealthy and have had prominent parts in the up-building of Texas.After the elopement Sneed spent .$20.000 in a chase across the continent tofind his wife.Sneed's first trial on the charge ofkilling captain Boyce resulted in a disagreement Sneed's Friends Elated.Amarillo, Texas, Dec 3. Immediatelyupon reecipt of the news of the acquittal in Fort Worth of John Beal Sneedtoday on a charge of murder, growingout of the killing of Capt A. G. Boycein that city, numerous telegrams ofcongratulation were forwarded toSneed. Amarillo neighbors 'and friendsare elated over the acquittal.Tricks of Newspaper Voting "Contests,"and How the Contestants Are WorkedEach Is Made to Think He or She WillAFEW days ago I received a letter from one of the newspapertrade Journals asking for an article on voting contests. Then It occurred to me that an article of thatkind would be of interest to the readers of The El Paso Herald. I am opposed to voting contests, and for goodreasons.From a money making standpoint,the voting contest is a big success, asfar as the contest manager and theowner of the newspaper are concerned;but for tKe young and innocent contestant it is the next thing to business-., fcsuicide.The contest manager comet, to townand calls upon the newspaper, which Isinterested in a voting contest Themanager of the paper and the contestman come to an agreement as to theamount of money to be put into prizesand the number of new subscribersthat must be secured. The newspaper,of course, is safe, as the contract callsfor the collection of a certain sum ofmoney.The deal closed, the contest manhunts up girls to enter the voting contest It Is easy to get a list of 25 or50 contestants. He gives to all of themabout the same line of talk: "Now,Miss So-and- so, there is no possiblechance for you to lose. I know you"will win the grand prize. The othergirls in the contest are 'dead ones.You are the only live one in the bunch."3f it is not this, it's something similarand the same to alLTrue. as in every professionoar. vocation. there are some'w . U fiJ.-.T. . JCK&1 .ESSSWifUpper picture Is that of XrS, 3. B.Sneed, who eloped with AL Boyce,-whose father was killed by J. B.sneed; lower picture is thnt of J. B.Sneed, ncoultted todny, hut who mustnow stand trial for killing Al. Boycent Amarilo.NEGRO SLUGGER TOWED WHITE GIRLWill 3Iarry Girl Whose AssociationsWith Hfm Canned His Arrest;To Hove Moving PicturesOf the Wedding.Chicago, -111.. Dec. 3. jack Johnson.negro pugiUst. declared today that heplanned to marry tonight Luclle Cameron, the 19 year old Minneapolisgirl, whose mother caused his arreston serious charges.The prize fighter said a movingpicture concern had agreed to pay hftn$5000 to make a film of the wedding,which is scheduled to take place atthe home of his aged mother on thesouth side.Johnson today procured a license towed Miss Cameron.When Johnson first made his appli-cation the girl was not with him andme cierK uectmeu ju jssuu iuJohnson then appealed to Robert M.Sweitzer. county clerk, who .overruledthe clerk and Johnson went away grinning, with the document In his pocket.Johnson explained to the county 1clerk that the records in court showthat the Cameroi. girl Is ovqr 18 yearsWin, hut Usually the One With tne Mchhonest contest managers, butthe requirements of the contest systemmake fair dealing almost impossible.Out of the 25 or 30 names that appearas workers in the contest advertisement only eight or nine are activeafter the fifth week of the contest Theothers, for one reason or another, havedropped out The schedule of votes isprinted each day, but from the numberof votes one cannot get an idea as tothe running. The contest man generally runs the names of girls who aregetting discouraged at the head of thelist, And keeps the -winners far down.To do this he issues "hold back" receipts for votes and tells the girls.who hold the receipts, to put them inthe ballot box on the last night of thecontest The contest man tells thesehard working girls to get these secret"hold-back" receipts for votes whenthey turn in their subscriptions. Healso instructs each one of these girlsnot to tell anyone how many votes sheis holding. He does not wish this information to get to the other contestants. Consequently, the contest manager is the only one who knows whatthe actual vote is.When the contest Is drawing to aclose. If the contest man has not already "fixed" it with one of the contestants to win the grand prize, he willpick out the girl who has the father,brother or friend with the necessarymoney, and tell him that the girl hasonly one chance to win and that It(-takes $600. $700 or $S00 to win the firstprize. The man with the money. If heis easy, then asks- "Can you guaranteethe first prize it I put that much moneyI in the box on the closing niht?" TheI.. - 'Mbl1cSays He Is Happy Over theResult Message on Foreign Relations.WORKING ON THECHAMIZAL MATTERSWashington, D. C Dec 3. President Taft sent a message to congresstoday on the foreign relations of theUnited States.The message is the first of a seriesof such communications which he willmake to congress in the early days ofthe session, and deals entirely withthe foreign relations of the UnitedStates. Beginning with the usualreference to the existing good relations with foreign powers, the president adds that these have beenstrengthened by "a greater insistenceupon justice to American citizens, orinterests, wherever it may have beendenied, and a stronger emphasis of theneed of mutuality in commercial andother relations."The Mexican situation, the Chamlzalmatter at El Paso and the Imperialvalley trouble with Mexico over thewaters of the Colorado are touchedupon among other things. Most of themessage is devoted to what has beendone in reorganizing the state department and the president declares thatthe merit system has been applied absolutely In the consular and diplomatic service. He asks for better salaries for ambassadors and wants theUnited States to keep on building embassies in the different foreign capitals. He says diplomacy is the handmaid of commercial intercourse andpeace and thinks the consuls of theUnited States have done much forboth causes.Referring to Mexican relations, hesays:Tie Mexican Situation.TFor two years revolution andcounter zaxolutwB-teerdistEaughUthe.neighboring republic of Mexico. Brigandage has Involved a great deal ofdepredation upon foreign interests.There have constantly recurred questions of extreme delicacy. On severaloccasions vers difficult situations havearisen on our frontier. Throughoutthis trying period, the policy of theUnited States has been one of patientnonintervention, steadfast recognitionof constituted authority in the neigh-boring nation, and the exertion ofevery effort "to care for American Interests. I profoundly hope that theMexican nation may soon resume thepath of order, prosperity and progress.To that nation in its sore troubles, thesympathetic friendship of the UnitedStates has been demonstrated to ahigh degree.He's Happy About Mexico."There were in Mexico at the beginning of the revolution some 30.809 or40,000 American citizens engaged inenterprise contributing greatly to theprosperity of that Republic and alsobenefiting the important trade between the two countries. The investment of American capital in Mexicohas been estimated at 71,000.000,000.The responsibility of endeavoring tosafeguard those interests and the dangers inseparable from propinquity toso ' turbulent a situation have beengreat but I am happy to have beenable to adhere to the policy above outlined a policy which I hope may besoon justified by the complete successof the Mexican people in regaining theblessings of peace and good order."Imperial Valley nnd Mexico.Of the Imperial valley, the president says:' "In order to make possible, the moreeffective performance of the worknecessary for the confinement in theirpresent channel of the waters of thelower Colorado river, and thus to protect the people of the Imperial valley,as well as in order to reach with thegovernment of Mexico an understandment of American capital in MexicoIng regarding the distributionof the -waters of the Colorado river, in which both governments are much interested, negotiations are going forward with a viewto the establishment of a preliminaryColorado river commission, which shallhavo the powers necessary to enable(Continued on next page).By H. H. FRIS,Manager Outside Circulation, 1 Paso HeraldFather or Male Friend, Is "Lucky."contest man's answer is: "Mr. So-and-so.if you put in that money, and yourgirl does not win, I will give her anautomobile, same make and model aswe offered for the grand prize." Thecontest man now has it all fixed MissSo-and-so will win the grand prize.But on the day before the close of thecontest, Mr. Contest Manager looks upeach of the girls in turn, and the samestory goes to all. It is this, or something similar: "Now. look here. MissSo-and-so, you want to come acrosswith at least so much more business toenable you to get a look in on thisgrand prize." With this line of talk,he "scares the life out of them," andI nicy get uus. iui ttii u& liiciu, uuimum ol mem, get wnsi mey can jromtheir friends, and they themselves putin a bunch of their personal money justbefore the close, each being led to believe that she has a chance.Then the judges start counting votes,within a few hours the winners areannounced. Miss So-and-so wins thegrand prize. This is the girl who hadthe father or brother with the money.The other girls, who -worked day andnight for over two months, receive thesmall prizes and go home disappointed,physical "Wrecks from constant worryand hard work.In some states, within the next year,laws will be passed prohibiting votingcontests of all kinds. The better classof newspapers, instead of running thesecontests, are giving girls various prizesfor securing a stated number of subscribers. This is strictly a businessproposition to them: nobody stands tolose, and each is paid in full ior all thework done.ARCHBALD ISNOW BEFORESENATESenators Convene as HighCourt of Impeachment toTry Jurist.HOUSE CAST VOTETO REMOVE HIMWashington, D. a. Dec 3. The senate convened today as a high court- ofimpeachment to try judge Robert W.Archbold, of the commerce court on 13separate charges alleged to constitute"high crimes and misdemeanors."Counsel for the Judge has admittedthe commission of all the acts alleged,but denied that any was improper.Judge Archbold and his attorneys entered the chamber promptly, as did thehouse members.The court adopted formal orders, setting the hour of meeting daily at 2oclock and providing that the openingstatements of the case should be' madeby one person on each side. That -willconfine the opening statements to representative Clayton, who had beendesignated by the house managers, andA. S. Worthington, chief of the counselfor judge Archbold.The court then took a brief recess.Impeached By the House.The charge against judge Archbaldarose in connection with private and official acts both as a judge of the courtof commerce and as United States district Judge for Middle Pennsylvania.He was impeached by the house of representatives after a full investigation ofthe facts by the department of Justice,and extended hearings before the housejudiciary committee.After the house committee on judiciary had concluded its hearings lastspring it recommended that judgeArchbald be called before the senateunder impeachment proceedings. Thelast time the house had exercised itsimpeachment powers was in 1904 whenjudge Swanc. United States Juuga - forJthe aortwern district of Florida, wascalled to account for misconduct andwas acquitted by the senate. The houseof representation on July 11, 1912.adopted articles of impeachment by avote of 222 to 1 and a committee headedby representative Clayton of Alabama,was chosen to act as the managers onthe part of the house to try the casebefore the senate. The house managersurged the senate to grant an immediatetrial but that body declined to hearthe case before the end of the last session. Thirteen Separate Articles.Thirteen separate articles constitutethe basis for the impeachment trial.These embrace dealings between judgeArchbald and railroad officials andothers in regard to Pennsylvania coalor "culm" dumps and coal lands; contributions by attorneys and others tothe judge's vacation trip to Europe in1910; reputed "secret" correspondenceby the judge with a railroad attorneyconcerning a pending case; ..nd allegedattempts to have notes payable to judgeArchbald discounted by attorneys andlitigants before his courtIn presenting, the case to the houserepresentative Clayton said that thejudiciary committee was of opinion thatJudge Archbald's "sense of moral responsibility had become deadened" andthat he had "prostituted his high officefor personal profit" The principalcharge grew out of the Katydid Culmbank deal. In this charge it was asserted that while the Erie Railroadcompany had pending before the commerce court two suits, judge Arohbald,corruptly taking advantage of his official position, induced the officials ofthe Hillside Coal & Iron company andof the Erie railroad which owned thatcompany, to agree to sell the coal company's interest in the Katydid dump tojudge Archbald and Edward J. Williams. Judge Denies Charge.In his answer judge Archbald deniedthat he had acted corruptly, or had taken advantage of his position. His attorneys took the position that it wasnot a crime for a federal judge to become interested in an attempt to purchase property from one who was ormight become a litigant before hiscourt They declared that no attemptwas made to get the property for lessthan its fair value.Another prominent charge was thatjudge Archbald undertook for a consideration to assist George H. Watson,an attorney of Scranton. Pa., to settlea reparation suit brought by the Marion Coal company against the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad company, and to sell for C. G.Bcland and W. P. Boland, a large portion of the stock of the Marlon Coalcompany to the railroad. In his answerjudge Archbald declared he acted inthis matter merely as a friend of Watson and C G. Boland, without ever having received a suggestion of compensation. In response to every charge attorneysfor judge Archbald replied that theacts charged did not constitute an impeachable offence, or a high crime or(Continued on page 5.)R YAN SA YS DETECTIVES' CRACKSMAN DRILLED THE LOCK OF SAFE"ROBBED" HIS OFFICEIndianapolis. Ind.. Dec 3. Frank M.Ryan, president of the Iron Workers'union, testified at the "dynamite conspiracy" trial today that his officewas "robbed" by detectives when J. J.McNamara, the secretary, was arrestedin April. 1911.Ryan, asserting he had no suspicionMcNamara had stored explosives at theunion headquarters, said he protestedwhen officials of the National Erectors' association joined detectives insearching the files. While he was endeavoring to furnish the combinationof the safe, he said a cracksman proceeded to drill the lock. Meantime,McNamara was being hurried to California During the search of the premises.Ryan said, he sent for his attorney andcompelled the authorities to produceWill Dangle Patronage Be-fore the Lawmakers toGet What He Wants.HUNDREDS AFTEREACH OPEN JOS(By Winfield Jones.)Washington, D. G, Dec 3. ThatrWoodrow Wilson, as president, will usetne patronage club to drive Benators and.members of the house into linn lor hispolicies and for the legislation he wants,is the word received in Washington, from.certain of the elose friends of the presi-tdent-eleet.Perusal of the utterances of Mr. Wil-,son indicates a disposition on his partto believe it proper for the chief executive to wield the executive authority;:vigorously. He does not apparently sub-scribe to the notion that the executive),should confine himself stringently toexecutive duties and leave congress to Ihandle the legislative situation entirely.Has Done It Before.When Mr. Wilson, became governor oilNew Jersey, he held back certain choice,appointments until he got legislation'which he sought. Now, taking it for'granted there will be an extra sessionof congress next spring, the new president will be in a position, if he desires,to refrain from making a long list of appointments until the tariff has been revised and he has obtained the sort oftariff bills he wants put through.It is not the highest order of statesmanship, perhaps, to liae up a senatorto vote for a given bill by dangling before his eyes an ambassadorship lor afriend or an appointment as ministerfor some political beuteBant. But practically this method ot getting votesf . , ; ." ".. T- Jpuiwett m nas oeen iregn pracjcfl. b.I wasningtoa. sometimes tne success oisuch methods has been striking. Everyreeent president has done that sort ofthing, more or less.Many Bis: Appointments.Wilson will have more big appointments to make than any incoming executive since MeKinfoy in his first term.ith all these offices at his disposal,and with a disposition to use them toget the legislation he wants, it is clearthat the new president is going to havea Iarpe hand in the earring of the tariffpie.In the diplomatic service alone therewill be a remarkable lot of new appointments to make. No less than 10 ambassadorships are expeeted to be left vacant and no less than 32 ministerships.Each ambassador and minister will resign on March 4, as a matter of course,and there is no reason to doubt thatsooner or later every Republican's plaeeas the head of an embassy or legationwill be taken bv a Democrat. This wouldbe in accordance with eustom, and nobin violation of civil service requirements.Important Patronage.These diplomatic appointments will;provide some of the most important patronage offerings in the hands of thenew president. It is not unlikely that,judicious distribution of these appointments alone would serve to help thecause of some struggling tariff measurj.that does not have quite enough friend'in house and senate to put it throutjh.But if to these appointments is added'the immense amount of other patronage.in all departments of the government!which the new administration will have)to bestow, perhaps with the organizationof a new department, that of labor,added, it is not difficult to see tb&t the'incoming president will be in a positionof tremendous power. Of course, some ofthe appointments, such as cabinet mem-'bers, will have to be made at the outset'of the administration. But a large shareof them can be permitted to drift alongfor months after inauguration.All Want Jobs.Nearly half a million "life-long Democrats" throughout the United States arehot going to see Woodrow Wilson failin his administration of the affairs ofthe United States if fiey ean help it.They are willing to sacrifice themselvesupon the altar of patriotism, even ifthey are compelled to accept jobs at salaries ranging from $70fl to $10,006, inorder to help him crt of the tight holehe is in.There are several hundred thousandDemocrafe distributed throughout thevarious states, who. like Barkis, are"williny although they are not goingafter jobs with spurs on their boots. Butthere are more than 200,000 who intend(Continued on next page.). search warrants. Kighty-two quarts of! PltrOlvCArinft WArA fAnnrf In th. VAt.ltWhencross-examined. Rvanisked what he meant in writine fromNew York in April, 1909. to unionheadquarters, "I will not have a reportthis month. Nearly all my work cannot be referred to."The government charges that as headof the union, Ryan, from New York,was directing union officials In ottercities about jobs to be;blown up. J"I meant by that tht I was tryfngto settle disputes xmong the ironworkers in New York." answered Rp-an."and I did not think it wise for members in other cities to knoV there wasso much d.ssersion in the ranks.Ryan added he gave little attentionto the $1000 a month used by McNama-(Continued on page 5.)